Dead Batteries??
As would be expected, France's socialist government is enchanted with electric cars. Well in theory a good idea, but...
With falling sales at Peugeot/Citroen (among petrol powered) and a generally lackluster economy, the concept of revived and practical electric car models at Renault seem to put the spark back into the debate.
Renault is planing a big battery production site in France in cooperatin with Korea's LG Chem. The plan is to produce affordable battery cells to power Renault Zoe models.
With great fanfare, the company announced that electric car sales in Europe were one half of one percent in 2011, are expected to hit a whopping one perent this year, and in 2017 would soar to just over 3 percent!!
Juste pour rire??
Automotive Industry Data asserts that Opel and Chevy Volt are market leaders now;
Opel sales being 2,800 and Volt hitting 3,100. About 11,000 electric cars were sold Europe wide in the first six months of 2012.
In the meantime though, it's now possible to rent electric autos in Paris at select plug in sites. Maybe with gasoline at about $7.50 a gallon this does make some sense?
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